nfl passing yards leader 1937 to 1946

Between the 1937 and 1946 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 12,060 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
12,060
99
976
1,718
56.8
7.0
121.8
103
122
69.1
6.0
7.1
2Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
10,547
82
604
1,171
51.6
9.0
128.6
98
82
81.3
8.4
7.0
3Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
5,945
54
411
818
50.2
7.3
110.1
61
52
72.6
7.5
6.4
4Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
4,920
75
341
674
50.6
7.3
65.6
47
79
58.3
7.0
11.7
5Parker Hall
P. Hall
4,013
42
329
721
45.6
5.6
95.5
30
67
38.5
4.2
9.3
6Arnie Herber
A. Herber
3,979
57
235
553
42.5
7.2
69.8
39
46
56.3
7.1
8.3
7Ace Parker
A. Parker
3,935
56
273
603
45.3
6.5
70.3
22
47
46.7
3.6
7.8
8Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
3,405
51
262
524
50.0
6.5
66.8
23
44
50.5
4.4
8.4
9Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
3,356
21
216
422
51.2
8.0
159.8
31
34
68.8
7.3
8.1
10Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
3,285
63
196
458
42.8
7.2
52.1
30
48
49.9
6.6
10.5
11Irv Comp
I. Comp
3,019
39
197
469
42.0
6.4
77.4
27
44
44.0
5.8
9.4
12Paul Christman
P. Christman
2,803
19
189
448
42.2
6.3
147.5
18
30
48.8
4.0
6.7
13Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
2,614
22
223
478
46.7
5.5
118.8
11
34
41.8
2.3
7.1
14Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
2,589
39
125
320
39.1
8.1
66.4
24
28
56.9
7.5
8.8
15Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
2,278
39
190
388
49.0
5.9
58.4
20
22
60.9
5.2
5.7
16Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
2,060
68
154
341
45.2
6.0
30.3
22
26
54.6
6.5
7.6
17Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
1,759
20
108
274
39.4
6.4
88.0
19
40
45.2
6.9
14.6
18Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
1,758
60
91
241
37.8
7.3
29.3
13
24
42.3
5.4
10.0
19Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
1,517
44
100
251
39.8
6.0
34.5
15
19
48.8
6.0
7.6
20Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
1,360
11
126
295
42.7
4.6
123.6
6
27
25.5
2.0
9.2
21Dave Ryan
D. Ryan
1,296
21
86
198
43.4
6.5
61.7
9
27
41.1
4.5
13.6
22Paul Governali
P. Governali
1,293
11
83
192
43.2
6.7
117.5
13
10
67.0
6.8
5.2
23Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
1,251
31
100
227
44.1
5.5
40.4
3
18
33.1
1.3
7.9
24Whizzer White
W. White
1,192
33
86
215
40.0
5.5
36.1
4
35
25.1
1.9
16.3
25Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
1,105
36
87
254
34.3
4.4
30.7
6
41
17.0
2.4
16.1
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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12
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13
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8
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11
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12
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